TRADE

COMMERCE

COMERCIO

1984-86
average

1987-89
average

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
prel.

.....................................................................thousand tonnes............................................................

World

1 775.5

1 972.7

1 954.6

1 918.9

1 995.2

2 021.1

2 223.3

2 214.3

2 277.0

2 307.2

2 184.8

2 219.0

2 427.3

2 358.8

Developing All

472.5

690.1

706.5

815.4

878.3

878.0

950.7

965.9

1 030.9

1 049.9

979.3

1 060.0

1 173.7

1 211.3

Latin America &
Caribbean

73.8

69.6

57.8

87.9

63.7

96.5

85.2

57.9

91.1

141.3

157.5

147.0

119.0

99.4

Argentina

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

1.5

1.7

5.1

1.1

0.5

1.5

Bolivia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Brazil

5.7

7.6

0.3

0.5

0.7

1.3

1.7

1.2

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.7

1.8

0.1

Chile

1.2

0.5

0.2

1.8

2.1

2.5

0.7

0.7

0.9

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.4

Colombia

0.0

0.2

0.6

0.7

2.4

8.1

6.2

3.2

3.0

1.8

2.0

1.4

0.1

0.3

Costa Rica

0.7

1.7

1.2

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.9

1.4

Dominican
Republic

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.0

0.9

1.5

Ecuador

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.1

El Salvador

0.8

0.7

0.7

1.7

0.9

0.8

1.1

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.2

0.1

Guatemala

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.3

0.8

0.4

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

Honduras

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Jamaica

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Mexico

54.0

51.3

50.6

79.3

51.2

78.5

67.7

45.0

77.5

128.9

142.7

139.7

111.7

87.0

Nicaragua

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.1

Paraguay

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.1

Peru

3.6

1.7

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.7

2.2

1.4

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Uruguay

4.3

1.9

1.7

0.9

2.5

2.0

2.0

1.7

2.7

3.0

2.3

1.2

1.6

6.1

Venezuela

1.0

2.0

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Africa

11.0

10.4

12.8

11.6

6.8

5.9

8.5

7.4

5.9

6.9

5.7

3.6

2.6

3.1

Algeria

7.9

7.7

8.8

5.1

2.0

1.3

5.3

3.5

1.7

1.0

1.2

0.0

0.5

0.7

Congo, Dem
Republic of

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Côte d'Ivoire

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ghana

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

Kenya

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

Mali

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mauritius

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Morocco

0.8

1.2

1.4

3.3

3.1

1.8

1.8

3.3

2.9

2.8

2.3

0.9

0.1

0.0

Nigeria

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Rwanda

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tunisia

0.6

0.4

1.1

1.1

0.2

1.1

0.2

0.2

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.7

1.3

Zimbabwe

0.1

0.3

0.8

1.4

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.5

2.5

1.4

1.7

0.8

0.8

Other Africa

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

Near East

38.5

26.5

29.3

33.6

41.2

34.5

31.2

36.6

50.7

54.1

38.5

33.2

39.6

30.8

Afghanistan

10.7

10.2

10.5

10.5

9.5

9.0

8.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

7.0

5.0

7.5

6.0

Cyprus

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Egypt

2.9

1.4

2.4

0.6

1.5

0.8

2.0

1.1

1.4

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.4

Iran

14.3

2.3

1.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.3

0.2

Iraq

0.4

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

Jordan

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.2

Lebanon

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Saudi Arabia

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.0

Sudan

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Syrian Arab
Republic

5.0

2.9

3.2

4.7

5.7

4.6

4.4

2.9

3.2

5.0

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.3

Turkey

4.1

8.0

9.8

14.8

22.4

17.9

15.2

21.3

35.7

38.0

25.7

22.1

26.5

19.5

Other
Near East

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Far East

349.3

583.6

606.6

682.3

766.6

741.0

825.9

864.0

883.1

847.7

777.5

876.2

1012.6

1078.0

Bangladesh

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

China

123.7

124.9

79.5

114.8

193.1

155.5

241.9

302.8

350.0

335.0

345.6

485.8

595.5

690.5

China,
Hong Kong

13.3

54.1

54.5

68.2

80.9

81.1

95.0

100.2

79.3

63.9

71.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

India

0.9

4.7

8.7

2.8

2.8

4.9

8.4

8.5

12.4

11.7

14.0

14.8

12.7

10.1

Indonesia

0.0

0.1

0.3

2.0

6.5

7.7

8.7

7.4

6.1

4.7

4.1

4.8

4.5

2.1

Korea,
Republic of

197.2

333.9

373.0

391.6

384.6

371.7

356.1

341.9

321.3

323.2

228.9

255.2

283.7

253.0

Malaysia

1.6

1.2

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

1.2

2.1

Pakistan

2.0

1.3

0.5

3.3

3.2

6.3

6.6

4.9

5.8

8.8

2.7

3.2

4.4

2.8

Philippines

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.4

Singapore

0.1

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.0

Sri Lanka

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Thailand

10.3

62.5

89.0

98.4

94.3

112.8

108.6

98.0

107.7

100.0

110.4

111.8

109.9

116.9

Other Far East

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Developed All

1 303.0

1 282.6

1 248.1

1 103.5

1 116.8

1 143.1

1 272.6

1 248.4

1 246.1

1 257.2

1 205.6

1 159.0

1 253.6

1 147.5

North America

45.9

42.3

41.9

63.6

74.2

81.5

96.6

100.6

111.0

114.5

115.0

102.4

105.5

95.1

Canada

25.8

24.3

18.3

14.6

17.6

27.2

28.1

28.4

34.2

41.1

44.1

33.9

39.9

30.1

USA

20.1

18.0

23.6

49.0

56.6

54.3

68.5

72.2

76.8

73.4

70.9

68.5

65.6

65.0

Europe

1012.6

1017.5

962.3

831.5

842.9

874.8

1015.9

966.6

982.6

986.0

953.2

913.4

1019.7

932.1

EU (15)

767.0

747.2

768.0

759.0

770.1

777.9

914.7

871.7

888.8

877.2

870.0

841.7

932.5

850.1

Austria

20.4

23.1

19.7

17.0

21.2

23.9

28.5

37.6

32.8

41.7

43.2

58.5

78.5

82.4

Belgium-
Luxembourg

26.7

19.5

20.7

18.3

23.6

22.4

24.0

18.5

17.8

18.3

21.7

25.3

28.6

19.8

Denmark

1.3

2.7

3.6

6.9

5.3

4.0

2.7

3.3

4.0

3.3

6.7

7.2

10.9

8.7

Finland

9.5

9.4

7.2

5.7

7.7

8.2

9.3

6.8

3.7

3.9

2.4

2.0

2.1

1.8

France

21.8

19.7

19.7

16.1

18.4

18.0

22.7

22.5

24.4

29.0

24.9

20.3

23.4

19.5

Germany

70.6

73.0

67.6

50.3

62.3

56.4

57.4

48.2

56.7

65.4

76.6

82.4

91.8

89.7

Greece

17.5

9.8

6.9

8.2

7.8

9.0

10.0

7.9

8.8

5.3

5.9

2.2

1.2

1.4

Ireland

2.5

2.1

2.0

1.9

0.9

0.6

1.8

2.0

3.6

4.7

3.5

4.7

4.9

2.2

Italy

394.9

374.4

396.1

407.3

384.5

413.2

514.3

515.2

523.5

495.2

483.6

434.5

516.4

458.5

Netherlands

58.3

65.6

83.7

97.4

106.9

88.2

79.8

64.1

59.4

62.1

44.5

67.7

57.8

55.0

Portugal

34.8

33.9

32.8

28.1

30.8

26.1

31.3

24.4

19.7

21.0

23.1

19.6

16.9

16.3

Spain

55.5

58.7

56.5

49.2

38.7

45.0

64.7

55.8

66.5

73.4

75.2

55.2

49.1

50.5

Sweden

17.7

16.2

12.4

14.4

17.9

20.2

17.1

14.5

12.2

12.2

10.7

10.2

10.8

10.3

UK

35.6

39.1

39.1

38.1

44.0

42.7

51.2

50.9

55.6

41.7

48.0

52.1

40.0

34.3

Rest of Europe

245.5

270.3

194.3

72.5

72.7

97.0

101.2

94.8

93.9

108.9

83.2

71.7

87.2

82.0

Bulgaria

11.5

11.3

5.1

1.0

3.3

4.3

3.8

3.8

2.9

1.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

Croatia

3.2

2.1

2.6

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.3

2.1

7.4

6.2

Czech Republic

12.4

10.5

9.5

15.0

14.6

9.8

8.4

7.1

4.9

Czechoslovakia

93.1

136.7

110.0

18.7

8.1

Hungary

24.6

16.7

10.1

17.6

9.9

13.3

15.5

13.0

15.9

15.1

6.4

1.6

1.7

1.6

Iceland

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Macedonia

2.3

1.3

1.4

0.8

4.3

10.0

8.0

7.9

6.5

6.3

Malta

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Norway

3.4

3.3

3.6

3.7

5.2

6.9

6.9

4.3

3.9

4.3

3.4

2.4

3.9

3.5

Poland

37.3

39.0

6.4

0.4

6.5

11.2

17.4

21.1

14.4

11.6

4.6

4.1

12.7

17.9

Romania

31.3

35.9

29.5

1.7

5.4

10.5

6.3

2.4

3.8

3.0

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.5

Serbia and
Montenegro

2.5

4.2

4.2

4.2

0.3

0.2

1.0

1.0

0.7

0.7

Slovakia

6.7

7.4

6.6

8.9

21.7

22.7

20.9

21.2

21.1

Slovenia

21.9

20.2

21.4

23.2

20.1

22.6

21.3

20.0

24.2

18.8

Switzerland

6.1

5.3

4.1

4.3

4.5

3.6

3.8

3.9

2.4

2.8

3.8

2.5

0.8

0.2

Yugoslav SFR

38.1

21.9

25.4

25.1

Area Former
USSR

16.0

1.5

0.2

0.2

4.0

2.3

17.0

21.0

19.0

22.9

25.6

36.7

35.2

35.6

Azerbaijan

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Estonia

3.6

1.2

5.0

4.8

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.8

1.4

0.7

Kazakhstan

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

Kyrgyzstan

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

3.8

9.5

Latvia

0.4

0.8

0.7

0.9

0.7

1.2

1.4

2.5

3.0

1.8

Lithuania

0.0

0.0

5.9

10.7

8.2

5.8

8.5

17.6

14.7

11.9

Moldova Rep

0.0

0.0

2.1

1.0

0.4

0.2

0.4

1.8

1.7

0.6

Russian Fed

0.0

0.3

2.4

1.8

4.7

6.3

9.2

8.4

7.2

7.3

Tajikistan

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

Ukraine

0.0

0.0

0.4

1.3

1.3

6.0

2.8

3.0

3.3

3.8

Oceania
Developed

0.5

1.1

4.3

4.9

6.4

1.6

1.8

1.8

2.2

2.1

1.0

1.0

1.3

0.8

Australia

0.3

1.1

3.6

4.6

6.2

1.1

1.4

1.2

0.8

2.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.3

New Zealand

0.2

0.0

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.4

0.1

0.7

0.9

1.2

0.5

Developed
Other

228.1

220.1

239.4

203.3

189.3

182.9

141.4

158.5

131.3

131.7

110.8

105.6

92.0

83.9

Israel

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Japan

227.5

219.2

239.0

202.9

188.1

181.6

138.8

150.8

122.9

114.3

96.8

91.1

77.2

71.6

South Africa

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.3

1.1

1.0

2.2

7.2

8.1

17.0

13.7

14.2

14.5

12.0